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Table 3 Estimation of minimum number of toxin genes transcribed into the venom gland transcriptomes of newborn (N) and adult (A) C. s. simus

From: Integrated “omics” profiling indicates that miRNAs are modulators of the ontogenetic venom composition shift in the Central American rattlesnake, Crotalus simus simus

 

Newborn

Adult

N + A

Toxin family

Unique

 

Shared

5'-NTase

  

1

BPP

2

1

 

CRISP

3

  

CTL

6

2

 

GC

  

1

HYA

1

 

1

KUN

2

2

 

LAO

  

1

NGF

  

1

PDE

  

1

PLA 2

2

1

5

SVMP

7

7

7

SP

15

0

50

VEGF

2

1

 
  1. Toxin family acronyms as in Table 2.
  2. Protein families found in the respective venom proteomes [15] are underlined.